The rising costs of college

1169 WordsJan 22nd, 20145 Pages

Yoshimasa Hirano
Thomas Jordan
Basic Composition
2/7/2014
The rising costs of college In the US, higher education is really important to succeed in the future. “In 2003, the typical full-time year-round worker in the United States with a four-year college degree earned $49,900, 62 percent more than the $30,800 earned by the typical full-time year-round worker with only a high school diploma” (U.S. Census Bureau). That means if you have a bachelor’s degree, you would get a better job and salary compared to people who do not have one. “Nearly 68 percent of high school graduates started out for college (44 percent of these kids to community college)” (Mark. Para.4). Everyone knows how important it is to go to college and get a…show more content…

Such burden is all on students who have to pay for as tuition. Of course, not all the colleges spend that money for luxuries. However, due to such colleges that use the money as subsidies for luxuries, all the colleges have to receive less subsidies than before. The point is that the government should inspect how colleges use subsidies for once or twice a year. Then the government judge whether the college can receive the average amount of subsidies or less amount of subsidies. As a result, the amount of tuition students pay may be reduced in the future.
Another way to reduce the amount of college tuition, Obama is thinking now as well, is going to be really effective and going along at the time. “Another approach mentioned in the plan is online education through what have become known as “massive open online courses,” or MOOCs, which are mostly free” (Lewin. Page 2, Para 2.). That is, you can get credits through taking the online classes for almost free. How to evaluate students is not on the hours the students spend in classrooms but how much they can show they know (Lewin. Page 2, Para 2.). There is no difference between such college and colleges already exist. The merit is that you can get access to the homepage to take classes anytime you want. It may help you to get motivated more. Moreover, you can take classes what you really want to. If you want to take a marketing class in Harvard, you

Power, Privilege
Rising Cost of College Tuition in the U.S
The increasing cost of higher education in the United States has been a continuing topic for debate in recent decades. American society emphasizes the importance of education after high school, yet the cost of higher education and advanced degrees continually rises at a greater rate than inflation in the 1970’s. According to the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, cost factors prevent 48% of college-qualified high school…

money through new technology platforms, and are the most educated generation of all time.
Young adults are experience a higher level of poverty than any other age group. Young adults have been suffering greatly due to the rising cost of education and living. The cost of college tuition makes it even harder for them to achieve financial assistance. The amount of student loans debt in America is roughly around one point eight trillion dollars. Factors like the minimum wage also make it harder for young…

problem?
The rising cost of college tuition and student debt is a necessary evil. Many students will gladly undertake the burden of having debt in order to attain what they seek the most, a college degree. A college degree is a prestigious accomplishment; a testament to a student’s iron will. It stands as a symbolic achievement, carrying the hopes and dreams of the families who didn’t have the opportunity to continue their education. Even if the United States manages to implement free college tuition…

As we are experiencing a time of rising student debt and high unemployment, how do we define a “right price” for higher education and what value does it hold?
Annually, the federal Higher Education Act (HEA) currently provides up to $38 billion in loans to postsecondary education, $14 billion for programs and more than $10 billion in Pell Grants are awarded to college students. The Department of Education administers policies that are inclusive of and accountability for all levels of the system…

selected to write about the rising cost of higher education in the United States. In mass media we see discussions of how expensive it is for students to afford admission to a four-year college, student debt being higher than it ever has in previous years, and how these consequences make it difficult for graduating students to attain social mobility. As a student, it is within my best interest to discover the social factors that influence the cost of attaining a college degree. Many of my associates…

Rising the Achievements
Educating is very important to become a better person and have a better living. According to Center of College Affordability and Productivity, “80 percent of college bound students have yet to choose a major” (Vedder, Gillen, Bennett, et al., 28). Freshmen students do not know what they will encounter during the first year of college. This high percentage of students not knowing what they want to study demonstrates that, even though there will be a reduction in college costs…

What are the Problems of Rising Cost in College Tuition?
College fee is the main factor that depends on which institution of higher learning that a student is likely to join unless awarded a scholarship. It directly depends on one’s financial capability. The poor afford the cheap and less desirable intuitions that they can be able to afford while the rich can get access to high class type of education. Policies exist that govern the ability of institutions increasing their fees and at the same…

national average of 20% between 2008 and 2012 (Hiltonsmith & Draut, 2014). Higher education stakeholders, such as students, parents, public policy makers, have expressed their worries about the rising tuition as it has triggered a public concern about college affordability (Mumper & Freeman, 2011). For public colleges and universities, it was the first time that they have witnessed that tuition as a share of total revenue surpasses the state funding for public institutions nationwide in 2012 (U.S. Government…

Ask any college student to state one of their largest expenses and it would be safe to bet the response would be “Textbook prices!” The cost of purchasing required materials for courses has reached numbers high enough to cause many students to take out second loans. Information released this year by the American Enterprise Institute shows that “College textbook prices have increased faster than tuition, health care costs and housing prices, all of which have risen faster than inflation” (Kingkade…

uneven financial aid, or economy downfall: there are reasons all across the board as to why the cost of college tuition is getting out of hand. Envision a senior girl whose heart had been set on her dream college for years. An elite, honorable college where everyone seems to want to go. She has been telling her parents from an early age she was going to one day be a member. While on a visit to the college in late fall of her senior year, she fell in love with the beautiful campus which seemed to…